A friend of mine who has 800+ domains was searching for a name for his company on godaddy and found one he liked. He spoke to his business partner that evening and they agreed on the name.
The next day he went to register it and found that it was taken... by godaddy.
Godaddy then set it as a "premium domain" and changed the price to $500.
He was pissed.
He accepted the version of the domain with a '-' between the two words instead. He recently emailed godaddy and let them know that he has 800+ domains with them, explained what happened and said "I would like the domain that you took, unethically, for the regular domain registration price that all available domains go for or I will take my ~$9,000 in annual renewal fees to another registrar.
He has not heard back from godaddy. But he switched his searches aways from them.
I on the otherhand, typically only search for a domain if I am willing to spend the 10 right then to grab it.
The next day he went to register it and found that it was taken... by godaddy.
Godaddy then set it as a "premium domain" and changed the price to $500.
He was pissed.
He accepted the version of the domain with a '-' between the two words instead. He recently emailed godaddy and let them know that he has 800+ domains with them, explained what happened and said "I would like the domain that you took, unethically, for the regular domain registration price that all available domains go for or I will take my ~$9,000 in annual renewal fees to another registrar.
He has not heard back from godaddy. But he switched his searches aways from them.
I on the otherhand, typically only search for a domain if I am willing to spend the 10 right then to grab it.